Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Politicians of Bangladeshi origin have won state-level seats in New Hampshire, Georgia, Connecticut and North Carolina, lifting spirits among expatriates as Democrats swept the US midterm elections.

Three of the four winners ran as Democrats and one as a Republican in Tuesday's elections.

Aboul Khan, who hailed from Pirojpur, won a seventh term in the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a Republican.

Sheikh Rahman, a Democrat who hailed from Kishoreganj, took a fifth term unopposed in Georgia Senate District 5.

Masudur Rahman, a Democrat who hailed from Chandpur, won a third term by a wide margin in Connecticut Senate District 4.

Haseeb Fatmi, a Democrat who hailed from Gazipur, won North Carolina Senate Distri...